ISLAMABAD - Pakistan’s president said Monday his intelligence agencies believe Osama bin Laden may be dead, but he added there is no proof. Other Pakistani officials and a U.S. counterterrorism official said they thought the al-Qaida chief is alive.

“We continue to believe that bin Laden is alive,” said the U.S. official, who declined to be named because he was not authorized to discuss the matter on the record.

The latest recording emerged in March, in which bin Laden referred to the December-January Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip, calling it a “holocaust,” and spoke of the January election of Somalia’s U.N.-backed president, calling for him to be overthrown.

In an interview Monday with international media outlets, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari said U.S. officials had told him they do not know where bin Laden is.

GM to cut 21,000 US jobs, shed Pontiac

DETROIT - General Motors Corp. could be majority owned by the federal government under a massive restructuring plan laid out Monday that will cut 21,000 U.S. factory jobs by next year and phase out the storied Pontiac brand.

The plan, which includes an offer to swap roughly $27 billion in bond debt for GM stock, would leave current shareholders holding just 1 percent of the century-old company, which is fighting for its life in the worst auto sales climate in 27 years.

GM is living on $15.4 billion in government loans and said Monday in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that it envisions receiving an additional $11.6 billion.

NYC workers see low-flying planes, panic

NEW YORK - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg says he is furious that the federal government flew a presidential Boeing 747 and a fighter jet near ground zero. The incident on Monday caused a brief panic among workers, who said they were not notified in advance.

Bloomberg says the flyover so near the World Trade Center site showed “poor judgment” and was insensitive. He says he is furious that the NYPD and another city agency were notified last week, but did not tell him.

The Federal Aviation Administration and the Air Force say the flight was a government photo opportunity and training mission involving a presidential plane.

Lawmaker vows to call for impeachment vote

AUSTIN, Texas - A Texas House lawmaker vowed Monday to try to force an impeachment vote on Court of Criminal Appeals Presiding Judge Sharon Keller before the legislative session ends June 1.

Keller, a Republican, is already facing judicial misconduct charges for failing to keep court offices open late the night of Sept. 25, 2007 when Michael Wayne Richard was executed. His lawyers have said that prevented them from filing an appeal.

Her misconduct trial is scheduled for August and could lead to her removal from the bench. But Rep. Lon Burnam, a Fort Worth Democrat, is trying to impeach her before then.